Special Teams Grade: B
Brandon McManus added field goals to a perfect night and Riley Dixon continues his growth in this season. Both players did a decent job of setting up the opponents in field position. Dixon almost had a punt blocked because the protections failed to keep their intended guy in front them. Overall, they played fine.
Jordan Norwood took the duties of the kickoffs and punt returns, since Cody Latimer is under the concussion protocol. The Texans knocked the ball out of Norwood’s hands on a punt return, but he got it back. Norwood needs to protect the ball better if he intends to keep his duties as punt returner. It did seem Norwood made good decisions to take the ball out on kickoffs, but explosion is still lacking in that department.
Broncos during the week and a half before the Texans matchup showed interest in Michael Campanaro a kick returner/punt returner, but nothing materialized. The team will welcome back Latimer once he is healthy and Norwood to just the punt return duties. This was a great response by the team following the two-game losing streak. A great testament of a Super Bowl caliber is overcoming adversity. Denver Broncos responded with a terrific performance in close to complete production on offense and defense.